What do we think about this?
For those who weren't aware, the reason there hadn't been a James Bond movie for quite a while, was a disagreement between Amazon, who held the distribution rights, and the Broccoli family, who held the creative rights.
The family were adamant that James Bond should be a British male, and it should only ever be a movie. They reportedly hated any mention of the word "content". Not sure where they stood on "franchise". Amazon presumably wanted to do what Amazon does, and Disney the hell out of it, like Star Wars, but on Prime.
There was recently a trademark suit filed by a third party on the well known legal doctrine, use it or lose it. So that appears to have forced the issue, but I'm still surprised the family were the ones to blink first. They still have a stake, so I guess that helps.
I'm torn. The obvious way forward after how the last film ended for me, was to jump forward and have films bases around his daughter's role in the service as a dublo, Mathilde. After she tragically becomes an orphan of course. And raised in Britain, obviously.
Keep it vaguely realistic but slightly futuristic, like the past films. Have her battling the forces of disinformation and er...global content producers using AI for evil purposes. And jokes about how M won't let her have time off for breastfeeding or supply vegan feminine products, naturally.
But obviously that was never going to happen under the Broccolis. But what else were they going to do? Reboot for a third time? That would have had to be one seriously good script to tempt me to the cinema. And the whole "who will be the next Bond actor" is so tedious. I really don't care if they're in a rubbish film, something that isn't remotely realistic or achingly on point with the PC brigade.
But this is Amazon. It seems highly likely they're going to so something stupid. Probably due to not understanding of the role of Bond in the British psyche, because they're American. It's not escapism (much), nostalgia (at all) or misogyny (ridiculous) for me. People have affairs at work. High pressure situations lead to unexpected liasons. Men dominate the service roles. Deal with it.
But women are in the job too. Have been for quite a while. Brave women who infiltrated the IRA, for example. There's an idea. Nigel Farage gets elected, the IRA have reactivated, and some damn fool has given Tommy Robinson a nuke. Put the nice he/she/they down 007 and report for duty.
I want an action film. A bloody good film with a genuinely creative script and kick ass stunts. In that order.
A series, I don't want. A spin off movie? Make it good, and you might tempt me. Tell me about Felix. My brother from another mother.
Of course Bezos has already tweeted, who do you want to be the next Bond? Sheesh.
For those who weren't aware, the reason there hadn't been a James Bond movie for quite a while, was a disagreement between Amazon, who held the distribution rights, and the Broccoli family, who held the creative rights.
The family were adamant that James Bond should be a British male, and it should only ever be a movie. They reportedly hated any mention of the word "content". Not sure where they stood on "franchise". Amazon presumably wanted to do what Amazon does, and Disney the hell out of it, like Star Wars, but on Prime.
There was recently a trademark suit filed by a third party on the well known legal doctrine, use it or lose it. So that appears to have forced the issue, but I'm still surprised the family were the ones to blink first. They still have a stake, so I guess that helps.
I'm torn. The obvious way forward after how the last film ended for me, was to jump forward and have films bases around his daughter's role in the service as a dublo, Mathilde. After she tragically becomes an orphan of course. And raised in Britain, obviously.
Keep it vaguely realistic but slightly futuristic, like the past films. Have her battling the forces of disinformation and er...global content producers using AI for evil purposes. And jokes about how M won't let her have time off for breastfeeding or supply vegan feminine products, naturally.
But obviously that was never going to happen under the Broccolis. But what else were they going to do? Reboot for a third time? That would have had to be one seriously good script to tempt me to the cinema. And the whole "who will be the next Bond actor" is so tedious. I really don't care if they're in a rubbish film, something that isn't remotely realistic or achingly on point with the PC brigade.
But this is Amazon. It seems highly likely they're going to so something stupid. Probably due to not understanding of the role of Bond in the British psyche, because they're American. It's not escapism (much), nostalgia (at all) or misogyny (ridiculous) for me. People have affairs at work. High pressure situations lead to unexpected liasons. Men dominate the service roles. Deal with it.
But women are in the job too. Have been for quite a while. Brave women who infiltrated the IRA, for example. There's an idea. Nigel Farage gets elected, the IRA have reactivated, and some damn fool has given Tommy Robinson a nuke. Put the nice he/she/they down 007 and report for duty.
I want an action film. A bloody good film with a genuinely creative script and kick ass stunts. In that order.
A series, I don't want. A spin off movie? Make it good, and you might tempt me. Tell me about Felix. My brother from another mother.
Of course Bezos has already tweeted, who do you want to be the next Bond? Sheesh.
